Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 12

"What is love compared to holing out before your opponent ?"
- P G Wodehouse

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 13

"If he takes the option of dropping behind the point where the ball entered the hazard, his nearest drop is Honolulu."
- Jimmy Demaret - on a penalty faced by Arnold Palmer at Pebble Beach

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 14

"Getting in a water hazard is like being in a plane crash - the rsult is final. Landing in a bunker is similar to an automobile accident - there is a chance of recovery."
- Bobby Jones, The Anatomy of a Golf Course

[Stan Nehilla]

March 15

In 1927, 15-year-old Byron Nelson beat 15-year-old Ben Hogan in a playoff at the Fort Worth Glen Garden Country Club Caddy Tournament.

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 16

"There is no shape nor size of body, no awkwardness nor ungainliness, which puts good golf beyond reach."
- Sir Walter Simpson

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 17

"We borrowed golf from Scotland as we borrowed whiskey. Not because it is Scottish, but because it is good."
- Englishman Horace Hutchinson

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 18

"Once you've had them, you've got them."
- Tommy Armour, on the yips, "And Then Arnie Told Chi Chi..."

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 19

"Madam, moderation is essential in all things, but I have never failed to beat a teetotaler."
- Harry Vardon

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 20

"There are three ways of learning golf:
by study, which is the most wearisome;
by imitation, which is fallacious;
and by experience, which is the most bitter."
- Robert Browning

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 21

"Modern architects could take a great lesson by looking at this course."
- Billy Casper, on Merion, The U.S. Open